The Baltimore Sun‘s Tim Smith celebrates Gustav Mahler’s birthday by going “old school” with Urlicht AudioVisual’s acclaimed complete edition of issued prewar 78s:
“Mahler will always be a big deal to me, which means I never tire of learning more about him and hearing more interpretations of his work. And that is why I want to make sure you know about a collection from Urlicht AudioVisual — ‘The Music of Gustav Mahler: Issued 78s, 1903-1940′.
“This set of eight compact discs is indispensable to serious Mahler fans. Of course, the most serious will already have the Bruno Walter-conducted items and may have tracked down a lot of the more obscure material already. But a lot of us will find many a fresh treasure — or curio (the Fourth Symphony recorded by a Tokyo orchestra in 1930, for example).
“And, besides, it’s great to have everything gathered together in a neat package, all sensitively transferred (by Ward Marston, Mark Obert-Thorn and Charles Martin), with highly detailed and illuminating notes by Sybille Werner and the set’s producer Gene Gaudette. …
“There are marvels of interpretive nuance that emerge throughout the set, despite dated sound and some less-than-stellar orchestral playing here and there. Today’s performers could learn an awful lot from studying this music-making.“
Now available in the US and most European and Asian territories.
- The most comprehensive collection ever assembled of Mahler’s music as issued on 78s between 1903 and 1940 — every such recording listed in Péter Fülöp’s Mahler Discography
- New transfers by Ward Marston and Mark Obert-Thorn
- Detailed notes on the music, the recording artists, and revelatory information about performances of Mahler’s music prior to World War II by Sybille Werner
- Full texts and translations
- Super-value price
No longer available, limited to an edition of 1000 copies
Carl Maria von Weber, completed Mahler: Die drei Pintos – Ein Mädchen verloren
Leopold Demuth with piano accompaniment
Recorded in 1903, Vienna
Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
Grete Stückgold with orchestral accompaniment
Recorded ca. 1915
Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit – Ich ging mit Lust
Grete Stückgold with orchestral accompaniment
Recorded between 1919 and 1921, Munich
Symphony No. 2 in c minor
Gertrud Bindernagel, soprano / Emmi Leisner, contralto / Berliner Domchor / Kapelle der Staatsoper Berlin / Oscar Fried, conductor
Recorded in 1924 in Berlin
Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht
Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, alto, with piano accompaniment
Recorded in 1925 or 1926
Symphony No. 5 in c-sharp minor – 4. Adagietto
Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam / Willem Mengelberg, conductor
Recorded in May 1926, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht
Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, alto / Julius Dahlke, piano
Recorded in 1928
Das Lied von der Erde – Potpourri [Von der Jugend]
Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Rheinlegendchen
Dol Dauber Salonorchester
Recorded 28 September 1928 in Vienna
Kindertotenlieder
Heinrich Rehkemper, baritone / Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin / Jascha Horenstein, conductor
Recorded in 1928, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach orch. Mahler: Overture (Suite) No. 3 – 2. Air
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York / Willem Mengelberg, conductor
Recorded 16 January 1929, New York
Rückert Lieder – Um Mitternacht
Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius, soprano / Anthon van der Hörst, organ
Recorded in 1928, Central Hall, Westminster, London
Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht
Elizabeth Schumann, soprano / George Reeves, piano
Recorded 18 February 1930, Small Queen’s Hall, London
Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Eiko Kitazawa, soprano / Tokyo New Symphony Orchestra / Viscount Hidemaro Konoye, conductor
Recorded 28 & 29 May 1930, Parlophone Studio, Kawasaki
Symphony No. 2 in c minor – 4. Urlicht
Rückert-Lieder – Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Mme. Sara Charles Cahier, contralto / Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin / Selmar Meyrowitz, conductor
Recorded 1 October 1930, Berlin
Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Rheinlegendchen
Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Der Tamboursg‘sell
Heinrich Schlusnus, baritone / Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin / Hermann Weigert, conductor
Recorded in 1931
Symphony No. 2 in c minor
Corinne Frank Bowen, soprano / Anne O‘Malley Gallogly, contralto / Twin City Chorus / Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, conductor
Recorded in concert 6 January 1935, Cyrus Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis
Rückert-Lieder – Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Das Lied von der Erde
Kerstin Thorborg, contralto (Ich bin der Welt, Das Lied) / Charles Kullman, tenor (Das Lied) / Wiener Philharmoniker / Bruno Walter, conductor
Recorded in concert 24 May 1936, Musikverein, Vienna
Symphony No. 5 in c-sharp minor – 4. Adagietto
Wiener Philharmoniker / Bruno Walter, conductor
Recorded 15 January 1938, Musikverein, Vienna
Symphony No. 9
Wiener Philharmoniker / Bruno Walter, conductor
Recorded in concert 16 January 1938, Musikverein, Vienna
Rückert-Lieder – Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (sung in English)
Charles Kullman, tenor / orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent
Recorded 30 June 1938, London
Rückert-Lieder – Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft
Lieder und gesänge aus der Jugendzeit – Hans und Grete
Suzanne Sten, soprano / Leo Taubman, piano
Recorded in 1940
Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor
Recorded 4 November 1940, Cyrus Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis
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